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Phoio fry Midiaal P M«|wrThe 200-foot-long S.S. Sardinia and Its tugboat Louisa tie at anchor before they were moved to the mouth of Back Creek.Bash before boot for boatBy DAN CASEY Staff WriterSam Sardinia knows what it’s like to feel tin want ed Now he’s doing his bit for castoff petsThe city and the millionaire owner of the SS Sardinia have buried the hatchet for the Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsIf everything goes right, a planned fund-raiser aboard the 200-fooUong converted ferryboat will be held Sept. 26 at City Dock, according to Mayor Dennis Callahan and Sardinia, owner of the big boat “We’ve given tentative approval for the Sardinia to dock at the end of City Dock,” Callahan saidyesterdayThe Sardinia has been anchored outside Back Creek off Chinks Point since earlier this month, when Callahan ordered it out of the harborThe order came after numerous residents of Cbesapake Landing condominiums complained that the boat was too loud and it blocked their viewAt that lime Sardinia said the heave-ho might end the chances for the SPCA fund-raiser, saying “IfAnnapolis doesn’t want me, I don't want Annapolis ” Yesterday, the nuts and-bolts importer said there are no hard feelings“To roe this makes everything rtght I was a little hurt when they told me to leave,” he saidUnder a city ordinance passed Aug 10, mooring a houseboat in Annapolis waters longer than two days is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $250 per dayBefore the council passed that law violating the regulation was a municipal infraction with no penal t), so city officials couldn’t enforce itCity officials are dow trying to solve the logistics of tying up the boat to City Dock, which has a total frontage of 215 feet, said Frank Marzucco. assistant to the mayorThe houseboat has no engine and moves around under the power of a 95-fooMong tugboat Sardinia boughtTickets for the black*tie affair are $250 per couple, and no more than 300 people will attend, said M C Harrell, executive director of the local SPCAThe boat features a ballroom, a gym, and a crystal-ehandebered dining room that seats 40 A swimming pool was built into the deck, and it is surrounded by palm treesThe party will be catered and feature three bands, Sardinia saidIf all the tickets are sold, the SPCA expects to net about $25,000, which will be spent on operating expenses in the coming year, Ms Harrell said.After seven years years of restoration and redecorating, the 20,000 square-foot floating mansion ar* nved in Annapolis in June It is on its maiden voyageSardinia said he’ll bring his boat to the dock the day of the party and move it from city waters the following dayAfter that, he and his wife, Rita, will either stay in the area or hoist anchor and head back to Florida, he said“If we find some place to dock it, we may stay here,’* he said
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Thu, Aug 27, 1987
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